Category: Suburban Calendar

  • Fund-raisers

    Jan. 8 & 9 Fund-raisers Jan. 8 & 9 • Book sale, during regular hours at the Spotswood Public Library, 548 Main St. Hardcovers, paperbacks, children’s books, audiocassettes. Paperbacks sell for 50 cents each or three for $1, hardcovers for 75 cents and up, audio books for $1.50. "All-You-Can-Carry for $5" sale set for the…

  • ‘Barks, Buds’ program planned at Cheesequake

    A "Barks and Buds" tree identification program will begin at 1 p.m. on Jan. 11 at the Cheesequake State Park Interpretive Center, 300 Gordon Road, Old Bridge. During the winter months when leaves are not present on trees, bark and buds are often the only clues to unlocking the mystery of tree identification. Individuals ages…

  • Blood drive planned for Jan. 10 at St. Thomas

    Blood drive planned for Jan. 10 at St. Thomas St. Thomas the Apostle Church, in cooperation with Knights of Columbus Council No. 4815, will hold a winter blood drive from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Jan. 10 in the parish auditorium, located on Route 18 south, Old Bridge. Individuals must be between the ages…

  • Rotary Club to sponsor Jan. 25 bus trip to A.C.

    Rotary Club to sponsor Jan. 25 bus trip to A.C. The Sayreville/South Amboy Rotary Club will sponsor a Jan. 25 trip to the Taj Mahal Hotel and Casino, Atlantic City. The bus will depart at 9:30 a.m. from the Sayreville War Memorial High School parking lot, Washington Road. Return will be at approximately 7:30 p.m.…

  • Building for the future

    Building for the future JEFF GRANIT staff Above, a laborer applies tile in a hallway at Sayreville’s former Samsel School, scheduled to open in the fall. Below, workers hammered away Tuesday at the $20.6 million construction project to convert the school into an upper elementary school.

  • Meet the Artists event planned at O.B. Library

    Meet the Artists event planned at O.B. Library A Meet the Artists program featuring photographers Vladimir Lojko and Walter Kasian is set for 1 p.m. on Jan. 10 at the Old Bridge Main Library, Route 516 and Cottrell Road. Lojko and Kasian have an exhibi­tion of black-and-white landscape pho­tography on display at the library. Admission…

  • Valentine program scheduled at library

    Telephone registration will begin at 1 p.m. on Jan. 28 for a Valentine’s Day youth program set for 4-4:45 p.m. on Feb. 11 at the Laurence Harbor Library, Shoreland Circle, Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge. Participants in the program, which is open to youngsters in kindergarten-fifth grade, will listen to valentine stories and make…

  • Playhouse 22 to present ‘Bits of Twine, Tweed’

    Playhouse 22 will present its production of a new play, "Bits of Twine and Tweed," at 8 p.m. on Jan. 9, 7 p.m. on Jan. 10 and 2 p.m. on Jan. 11 at the theater, 210 Dunhams Corner Road, East Brunswick. The original play, written and directed by Annmarie Matseur, portrays the life, loves and…

  • Back-Issue Magazine

    Sale scheduled at library The sixth annual Back-Issue Magazine Sale will take place during regular library hours, Jan. 8-11, at the East Brunswick Public Library, Jean Walling Civic Center. The magazines, which may be anywhere from one-four years old, will be offered in packages of three-12 issues. All are in good condition. Price is $3…